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I'm surprised that a thread hasn't sprung up yet since this has been up on reddit since this morning. I can't read Korean, and Google Translate only produces gibberish for long text in Korean, but apparently, Fnatic is closing down their Korean gaming house according to thisisgame.com's article.
After 10 months in operation, it seems that Fnatic has started cleaning up the apartment, removing the furniture, chairs and equipment, and the closure had been planned for some time. Apparently, accommodation for the players has already been arranged. The news comes about as Fnatic turned down participation for the next GSTL.
Recently, Fnatic lost four of their Korean members, being Ares, ByuL, Moon and Rain, as well as their manager and coach Hwanni, who moved to EG. aLive even changed his Twitter handle, removing the Fnatic tag, though rumours of his departure have been denied by Fnatic representatives and aLive himself.
I will keep this post up to date with any translations of the article, and any reactions by Fnatic.
Fnatic's current roster:
 aLive
 Oz
 Luvsic
Harstem
Naama
NightEnD
Personal opinion: I think Fnatic took a huge blow with the departure of Hwanni, and could not effectively manage the team without a dedicated link and a coach. Their results in the GSTL were pretty good considering, and whilst it is true that perhaps aLive and Oz slumped a lot, they still managed to foster ByuL into becoming a big team league asset.
PS: For GSTL, the probability is that AZUBU and Axiom will replace TSL and Fnatic.
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oh. wow. i really hope that they can get their stuff together, i really like FNATIC as a team
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Just a matter of days before Fnatic goes with the house =[
Even more sick free agents now..
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So this happen when they said one month ago they have some big stuff planned for SC2. Weird
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Close up shop, restart, reconsider strategy of not pouring your entire roster into Koreans while dismissing any potential exposure and marketing opportunities you can do with your non-Korean players.
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Wow. It was such a nice team house, too. Was very exciting at the time.
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United Kingdom14103 Posts
On January 11 2013 03:33 ROOTheognis wrote:
Just a matter of days before Fnatic goes with the house =[
Even more sick free agents now..
too many 
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Shiet! Quite a blow to them . Looking forward to a response from Fnatic
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Shit. This isnt good. but cant blame them when their players have really bad results lately.
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East Gorteau22261 Posts
If this turns out to be true, I fear there will be too many good free agents on the market. Unless KeSPA picks up a bunch of players, I see a bunch of these guys retiring =/
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Too many player, less money => Cheaper players. Teams have a huge amout of free agents to choose from and with most teams having huge lineups already, its not likely that many of the free agents will get a new team with a salary.
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There will be a lot of things coming for Fnatic StarCraft 2 in 2013. People have speculated that it's going downhill for the Fnatic SC2 division, I've spoken to the SC2 manager and things aren't going downhill at all, everything's looking bright going into this year!
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On January 11 2013 03:43 Inz` wrote:
There will be a lot of things coming for Fnatic StarCraft 2 in 2013. People have speculated that it's going downhill for the Fnatic SC2 division, I've spoken to the SC2 manager and things aren't going downhill at all, everything's looking bright going into this year!
One can hope!
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Russian Federation604 Posts
Poor Fnatic, it was great a team 3 years ago.. i think fnatic have norm resources and players, but stupid managеment cut this all.
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It was downhill for me after Moon was booted. I understand perfectly well why they did it, but wanting to seen Moon play was what made me want to support Fnatic.
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is this because of sponsors backing down from negotiating with organisations and teams? what is going on with esports right now...seems like so many teams are folding and going bust already this year. #worststartto2013
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On January 11 2013 03:58 Finnz wrote:
is this because of sponsors backing down from negotiating with organisations and teams? what is going on with esports right now...seems like so many teams are folding and going bust already this year. #worststartto2013
Nothing to do with sponsors.
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If my team decided to close the house in koreea why u all think they close the sc2 section ?:O
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Sadly, I can't say I'm surprised. They've been cutting back on their Korean players. I'd imagine this was a move long in the making (i.e. even before Hwanni left). Still, great team and good luck to all of them.
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I was surprised they didnt put together a full 10 player roster for their house...
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EPT
